受命于天 Chinese English dictionary 受命于天 translate 受命于天 pinyin

受命于天

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Simplified Pīnyīn		English Definition	Traditional HSK
受命于天 shòumìngyútiān	受命于天 \| 受命于天* \| *受命于天	to be emperor by the grace of heaven; to have the mandate of heaven	受命於天

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Character		Tot Str Rad / Str	Mandarin Pīnyīn	Unihan Definition standalone and in compounds	Jyutping Cantonese	Variant Four corner Cangjie
受	受 \| 受* \| *受	8画又 + 6	shòu	receive, accept, get; bear, stand	sau6	2040.7 BBE


命	命 \| 命* \| *命	8画口 + 5	mìng	life; destiny, fate, luck; an order, instruction	ming6	8062.7 OMRL


于	于 \| 于* \| *于	3画二 + 1	yú, xū	in, on, at; go to; surname	jyu1	於 1040.0 MD


天	天 \| 天* \| *天	4画大 + 1	tiān	sky, heaven; god, celestial	tin1	1043.0 MK

Word decomposition:

Simplified		English Definition
受命于天 shòumìngyútiān	受命于天 \| 受命于天* \| *受命于天	to be emperor by the grace of heaven; to have the mandate of heaven


受 shòu	受 \| 受* \| *受	to receive / to accept / to suffer / subjected to / to bear / to stand / pleasant / (passive marker) / (LGBT) bottom


受命 shòumìng	受命 \| 受命* \| *受命	ordained or appointed to a post / to benefit from counsel


命　mìng	命 \| 命* \| *命	life / fate / order or command / to assign a name, title etc


于　　Yú	于 \| 于* \| *于	surname Yu


于　　yú	于 \| 于* \| *于	to go / to take / sentence-final interrogative particle / variant of 於｜于


于　　yú	于 \| 于* \| *于	(of time or place) in; at; on / (indicating any indirect relation) to; toward; vis-à-vis; with regard to; for / (indicating a source) from; out of / (used in comparison) than / (used in the passive voice) by


天　　　tiān	天 \| 天* \| *天	day / sky / heaven